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Amazons new "free" mp3 policy

mel the bellmel the bell
edited June 2013 in Chit chat
fair play to em, theyve now decided to give away the mp3 version of any cd you buy off them (not other sellers on there) so you get the cd and online mp3 version of the album for one price, and saves you ripping the cd lol

and apparently its going right back to any albums youve bought off them since 1999 :o

ive just opened my amazon cloud player and lo and behold 10 albums id previously bought appeared so i can play em while online :)

they say its to get more market share off itunes BUT....the cynics out there may say theyre doing it to buy public confidence after the taxes thing???
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  • def chrisdef chris
    edited June 2013
    interesting.

    s'pose they can only do this for stuff they've actually got in mp3 format in the first place - just looked on my cloud player and it's added three albums in mp3 form to my cloud, but I'm pretty sure I've bought well over 50 CDs off amazon, on my current account.

    on a related note I bought an mp3 off amazon the other day that was nearly unlistenable, the quality was something like 96kbps! had to bin it. wish they'd do 320s like every other mp3 store on the net
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2013
    def chris wrote: »
    interesting.

    s'pose they can only do this for stuff they've actually got in mp3 format in the first place - just looked on my cloud player and it's added three albums in mp3 form to my cloud, but I'm pretty sure I've bought well over 50 CDs off amazon, on my current account.

    on a related note I bought an mp3 off amazon the other day that was nearly unlistenable, the quality was like 96kbps! wish they'd do 320s like every other mp3 store on the net
    i dont buy mp3s so cant say lol, as for the free mp3s, they only do the ones you buy that come from their Amazon EU S.a.r.L place

    just had a look through my orders and adam ant cool zombie single wasnt added, prolly cos its a 7" and not available as mp3 on their site
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  • def chrisdef chris
    edited June 2013
    yeah a lot of vinyl only they won't have them for. plus other things like for example you can't buy any AC/DC albums in mp3 off amazon because of some legal contract I think
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2013
    just noticed i got an email about it, listing the albums added
    and it says
    "You may have noticed that 10 CD albums purchased from Amazon since you became a customer have been added to your Cloud Player library. These albums are now available for you to play or download from Cloud Player for FREE.

    With AutoRip, when you buy any CD or vinyl record with the autorip logo from Amazon.co.uk, you'll get the MP3 version of that album delivered to your Cloud Player library for FREE. You can listen to your album everywhere, including on your Kindle Fire, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android devices."
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  • milemile
    edited June 2013
    love to see them do this with dvds.
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2013
    def chris wrote: »
    yeah a lot of vinyl only they won't have them for. plus other things like for example you can't buy any AC/DC albums in mp3 off amazon because of some legal contract I think
    Well AC/DC have only just signed a contract to sell their albums on iTunes so it's not surprising. For years they've refused to have their music digitised.
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  • def chrisdef chris
    edited June 2013
    mel the bell wrote: »
    With AutoRip, when you buy any CD or vinyl record with the autorip logo from Amazon.co.uk, you'll get the MP3 version of that album delivered to your Cloud Player library for FREE.
    ah,that'll be it then...

    it's a nice gesture but I don't think I'm ever going to want to download an album I already have on CD. more hassle to download it than rip the CD it onto computer imo
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2013
    def chris wrote: »
    ah,that'll be it then...

    it's a nice gesture but I don't think I'm ever going to want to download an album I already have on CD. more hassle to download it than rip the CD it onto computer imo
    You actually download it into a cloud. Amazon give you 5GB cloud space (you can buy more)so you can actually access from anywhere in the world and play any of your music stored in the cloud.

    I downloaded all my bought CD's onto it last night, it's very useful!!
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2013
    karingal wrote: »
    You actually download it into a cloud. Amazon give you 5GB cloud space (you can buy more)so you can actually access from anywhere in the world and play any of your music stored in the cloud.

    I downloaded all my bought CD's onto it last night, it's very useful!!
    technically you dont download em, they just appear
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2013
    mel the bell wrote: »
    technically you dont download em, they just appear
    You can download them from your cloud space though...
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  • def chrisdef chris
    edited June 2013
    karingal wrote: »
    You actually download it into a cloud. Amazon give you 5GB cloud space (you can buy more)so you can actually access from anywhere in the world and play any of your music stored in the cloud.

    yeah I'm aware of the 'cloud' set up. didn't think of it that way though, good point...
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2013
    karingal wrote: »
    You can download them from your cloud space though...
    ah i thought you meant TO not from
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2013
    mel the bell wrote: »
    ah i thought you meant TO not from
    The mp3's are downloaded to the 5GB of cloud space given to you by Amazon and then you can download then to your PC or whatever device you want.
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2013
    trouble with it is..........ive bought crap for the kids before so now i have justin beiber, pop party 8 and a now album on mine :( lol
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  • Paradigm ShifterParadigm Shifter
    edited June 2013
    Yeah right, we "beliebe" you ;)
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2013
    fits right in next to mi hawkwind, amebix, eminem and travellers aid trust comp lol
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2013
    mel the bell wrote: »
    trouble with it is..........ive bought crap for the kids before so now i have justin beiber, pop party 8 and a now album on mine :( lol
    lol, yeah, got the same problem with the wife's 70's compilations and Michael Buble albums...
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  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited June 2013
    mel the bell wrote: »
    trouble with it is..........ive bought crap for the kids before so now i have justin beiber, pop party 8 and a now album on mine :( lol

    Was it the now album with Gangnam Style on it? I bought that off amazon for my son's birthday party on mp3 rather than CD, so I can't even flog it on ebay! What a fool!
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  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2013
    leespoons wrote: »
    Was it the now album with Gangnam Style on it? I bought that off amazon for my son's birthday party on mp3 rather than CD, so I can't even flog it on ebay! What a fool!
    the nows number 77, not looked what exciting tracks are now in my cloud lol
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  • JerzyBulovskiJerzyBulovski
    edited June 2013
    "free" ?

    Generally, if it's free, you're the product. Is there DRM built in to the MP3 or are they looking at the statistics of what you're listening to and selling this on to a third party?
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited June 2013
    JerzyBulovski wrote: »
    "free" ?

    Generally, if it's free, you're the product. Is there DRM built in to the MP3 or are they looking at the statistics of what you're listening to and selling this on to a third party?
    not as far as im aware, you buy the cd, you get an mp3 version aswell for nowt, you can play it online, or download it
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2013
    JerzyBulovski wrote: »
    "free" ?

    Generally, if it's free, you're the product. Is there DRM built in to the MP3 or are they looking at the statistics of what you're listening to and selling this on to a third party?
    Erm, why would they do that?

    You bought the CD from Amazon so they already know what you're listening to, also how would the get statistics from an mp3 player without an internet connection?
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  • JerzyBulovskiJerzyBulovski
    edited June 2013
    karingal wrote: »
    Erm, why would they do that?

    You bought the CD from Amazon so they already know what you're listening to, also how would the get statistics from an mp3 player without an internet connection?

    You might have the CD but they don't know how often you listen to it etc. If you just download the MP3s, that's one thing. If you listen to them via some kind of cloud (or perhaps a player that reports statistics in relation to specific DRM), someone gets to know about it?

    I guess I'm just paranoid about scAmazon. I'd be surprised if they did anything for free without there being some kind of wheezemongery involved.
  • Paradigm ShifterParadigm Shifter
    edited June 2013
    So if I had a friend who listened to Justin Bieber MP3's all the time are they gonna send him links to gay porn or something? What if this friend registered on Amazon with my mother's email address? Should I stop being his friend?
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  • JerzyBulovskiJerzyBulovski
    edited June 2013
    Paradigm Shifter wrote: »
    So if I had a friend who listened to Justin Bieber MP3's all the time are they gonna send him links to gay porn or something? What if this friend registered on Amazon with my mother's email address? Should I stop being his friend?

    Not quite. I think it'll be a little more subtle than that ;-) Although, I suspect anyone listening to Bieber may already have plenty of links to gay porn.

    Now, if scamazon were offering FLAC copies of your CD with no cloudiness involved I'd be a lot less sceptical.
  • Paradigm ShifterParadigm Shifter
    edited June 2013
    Ah ok. It must be that my Mum is just really really interested in gay porn then, and has made up some ridiculous story to cover her browsing habits. Thanks for the heads up.
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2013
    JerzyBulovski wrote: »
    Not quite. I think it'll be a little more subtle than that ;-) Now, if scamazon were offering FLAC copies of your CD, I'd be a lot less sceptical.
    FLAC will always be unlikely, can't see them ever offering a lossless format for free.

    Incidentally, why do you call them "scamazon"? They're a shop who sell things, why would they scam you?
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  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited June 2013
    Paradigm Shifter wrote: »
    Ah ok. It must be that my Mum is just really really interested in gay porn then, and has made up some ridiculous story to cover her browsing habits. Thanks for the heads up.
    Don't mention "heads up" to your mum...
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  • Paradigm ShifterParadigm Shifter
    edited June 2013
    She claims she's had that before, and that it explains the weird shape of my head.
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  • milemile
    edited June 2013
    JerzyBulovski wrote: »

    I guess I'm just paranoid about scAmazon. I'd be surprised if they did anything for free without there being some kind of wheezemongery involved.

    most free stuff gets customer loyalty in the long run.

    one of thier customers was so happy he created this thread giving them great free publicity. :D
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